Dark Star Paradigm

The worst book I ever read Took me years to

plagiarize So blame yourselves if it didn’t sell

I attempted conflict but you shouted me down

Time and time and time again like the

sad song of trains derailing

The worst book I ever read wasn’t a book at all

But a confession by a man who no longer held

the line between alliance and scorn

Axis and trackless sky The worst book I ever read

shipped free two-for-one after midnight on all

the local channels

You all had a hand in the worst book I ever read

Each hoarding horsepower cornmeal coin

Watching the choppers dark the sky

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